Table 3.

Effects of preschool attendance on the probability of completing higher education.

	Est	$(s.e.)$	Est	$(s.e.)$	Est	$(s.e.)$
Preschool attendance	0.125	(0.011)	0.040	(0.011)	0.046	(0.015)
Intercept	−0.302	(0.008)	−0.237	(0.007)	−0.241	(0.012)
Age			0.016	(0.004)	0.015	(0.013)
Age squared			−0.000	(0.000)	−0.000	(0.000)
Female			0.005	(0.009)	−0.005	(0.018)
Father ed. 2			0.017	(0.012)	−0.005	(0.022)
Father ed. 3			0.132	(0.015)	0.157	(0.029)
Father ed. 4			0.203	(0.018)	0.266	(0.044)
Mother ed. 2			0.035	(0.013)	0.050	(0.026)
Mother ed. 3			0.110	(0.013)	0.107	(0.026)
Mother ed. 4			0.190	(0.025)	0.267	(0.085)
Parent immigrant			−0.047	(0.044)	−0.146	(0.136)
PSAxAge					0.005	(0.014)
PSAxAge squared					−0.000	(0.000)
PSAxFemale					0.014	(0.021)
PSAxFather ed. 2					0.028	(0.027)
PSAxFather ed. 3					−0.032	(0.034)
PSAxFather ed. 4					−0.074	(0.049)
PSAxMother ed. 2					−0.026	(0.030)
PSAxMother ed. 3					−0.003	(0.030)
PSAxMother ed. 4					−0.087	(0.089)
PSAxParent immigrant					0.119	(0.144)
Linear Controls			Yes		Yes
Heterogenous TE					Yes
$N$	5345		5345		5345

Notes: This table shows the average treatment effect of preschool attendance (PSA) on the probability of completing tertiary education. Demeaned variables are used for all covariates and interactions. Regional dummies and interactions were included as controls (not shown). Source: Authors’ calculations on EU-SILC 2011.